MARINE SCIENCE FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
What branch of oceanography covers the chemical composition of seawater and the
chemical reactions that occur in seawater ? - answers :physical oceanography
What percent of the surface of the earth is covered with water? - answers :70 percent
How many oceans cover the surface of the earth? - answers :5
What is another name for lines of latitude? - answers :parallels
Physical oceanographers study the _______ of oceans - answers :waves and tides
The earth's oceans are known as the _____ - answers :asthenosphere
What ocean is the deepest on earth? - answers :atlantic
How many continents are on earth? - answers :3
Which of the following is not a sea
A. Mediterranean
B. Black
C. Red
D. Arctic - answers :arctic
What ocean is the second largest and the most heavily travelled? - answers :the atlantic
What ship is a well-known drilling ship? - answers :alvin
What are smaller bodies of saltwater usually enclosed by land? - answers :lakes
What ship embarked in 1872 on the first oceanographic journey by wyville thompson? -
answers :hms titanic
Why is oceanography an important subject? - answers :-the oceans provide food
-the oceans affect our weather
-the oceans provide another means of transportation
What type of marine scientist helps find seafood, predicts its availability, and helps
ensure sustainability of ocean life? - answers :aquaculturist
What are the most abundant forms of energy from the ocean? - answers :-thermal
energy
-wave energy
-tidal energy
, What sea was the bible referring to in exodus 14:21 - answers :red sea
What ocean is the smallest of the world's oceans - answers :arctic
A huge rotating storm system originating in the western pacific ocean is called... -
answers :typhoon
What explorer discovered florida and the florida current? - answers :ponce de leon
What explorer is considered the "father of oceanography?" - answers :edward forbes
What is also known as the southern ocean? - answers :antarctic
What is 0 degrees latitude called? - answers :equator
What landmass is not considered a continent - answers :india
What is the highest mountain on earth that rises 33,465 feet from the sea? - answers
:mauna kea
What trench is about 6.8 miles deep and is considered the deepest spot in the ocean? -
answers :mariana trench
The ocean located in the north pole is called the ______ ocean - answers :antarctic
The body of water that touches the east coast of florida is called the _______ ocean -
answers :arctic
The body of water that touches the west coast of florida is called the ______ - answers
:caribbean sea
What island is about 90 miles directly south of key west, florida? - answers :cuba
What is 0 degrees longitude called? - answers :prime meridian
Lines of latitude measure _______ , but run________ and lines of longitude measure
_____, but run _______ - answers :north and south; east and west; east and west;
north and south
__________ or nacl is also called table salt comes from the oceans - answers :sodium
tetrachloride
What explorer named "america" after america vespucci? - answers :martin
waldseemuller
What branch of oceanography covers the chemical composition of seawater and the
chemical reactions that occur in seawater ? - answers :physical oceanography
What percent of the surface of the earth is covered with water? - answers :70 percent
How many oceans cover the surface of the earth? - answers :5
What is another name for lines of latitude? - answers :parallels
Physical oceanographers study the _______ of oceans - answers :waves and tides
The earth's oceans are known as the _____ - answers :asthenosphere
What ocean is the deepest on earth? - answers :atlantic
How many continents are on earth? - answers :3
Which of the following is not a sea
A. Mediterranean
B. Black
C. Red
D. Arctic - answers :arctic
What ocean is the second largest and the most heavily travelled? - answers :the atlantic
What ship is a well-known drilling ship? - answers :alvin
What are smaller bodies of saltwater usually enclosed by land? - answers :lakes
What ship embarked in 1872 on the first oceanographic journey by wyville thompson? -
answers :hms titanic
Why is oceanography an important subject? - answers :-the oceans provide food
-the oceans affect our weather
-the oceans provide another means of transportation
What type of marine scientist helps find seafood, predicts its availability, and helps
ensure sustainability of ocean life? - answers :aquaculturist
What are the most abundant forms of energy from the ocean? - answers :-thermal
energy
-wave energy
-tidal energy
, What sea was the bible referring to in exodus 14:21 - answers :red sea
What ocean is the smallest of the world's oceans - answers :arctic
A huge rotating storm system originating in the western pacific ocean is called... -
answers :typhoon
What explorer discovered florida and the florida current? - answers :ponce de leon
What explorer is considered the "father of oceanography?" - answers :edward forbes
What is also known as the southern ocean? - answers :antarctic
What is 0 degrees latitude called? - answers :equator
What landmass is not considered a continent - answers :india
What is the highest mountain on earth that rises 33,465 feet from the sea? - answers
:mauna kea
What trench is about 6.8 miles deep and is considered the deepest spot in the ocean? -
answers :mariana trench
The ocean located in the north pole is called the ______ ocean - answers :antarctic
The body of water that touches the east coast of florida is called the _______ ocean -
answers :arctic
The body of water that touches the west coast of florida is called the ______ - answers
:caribbean sea
What island is about 90 miles directly south of key west, florida? - answers :cuba
What is 0 degrees longitude called? - answers :prime meridian
Lines of latitude measure _______ , but run________ and lines of longitude measure
_____, but run _______ - answers :north and south; east and west; east and west;
north and south
__________ or nacl is also called table salt comes from the oceans - answers :sodium
tetrachloride
What explorer named "america" after america vespucci? - answers :martin
waldseemuller
